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AQA History ,Revolution and Dictatorship :Russia
1917-1953 Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
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Autocracy
Ans: rule by one person who had no limits to his power
divine right
Ans: this refers to a monarch appointed by God and answerable to God alone
for actions
Orthodox Church
Ans: the Eastern Orthodox Church,with Moscow as its spiritual capital;it had its
own beliefs and rituals ,following a split in the Christian Church in the eleventh
century
Bureaucracy
Ans: the state's administrative officials
Okhrana
Ans: the secret police force of the Russian Empire
zemstva
Ans: elected councils responsible for the local administration of provincial
districts
socialist
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Ans: supporting a political and economic theory of social organisation which
believes that the means of production,distribution,and exchange ,should be
controlled by the whole community .
consitutional monarchy
Ans: a form of democratic government in which a monarch acts as Head of
state within the boundaries of a constitution giving real power to a representative
assembly
The Liberals
Ans: Loose name for those groups who favoured moderate reform and
constitutional monarchy.included among these were the Constitutional
Democrats (Kadets),the Octobrists and the Progressives.
The Social Revolutionaries (SRs)
Ans: 1905-moderate influences in the party became more prominent ,despite
extreme elements within.-gained support from Trade Unions and members of the
middle class.Wanted to introduce land reform.
The Social Democrats (SDs)
Ans: All-russian social democrat Labour Party.based on the theories of Karl
Marx .Led mainly by educated intellectuals ,the Party based its support on the
rapidly expanding industrial working class,proletariat.Then split-formed into
'Bolsheviks' and 'Mensheviks'
Marxist Stage Theory
Ans: Marx believed that history was composed of a series of class
struggles,driven by economic consitions.
reformist
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AQA History ,Revolution and Dictatorship :Russia
1917-1953 Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Autocracy
Ans: rule by one person who had no limits to his power
divine right
Ans: this refers to a monarch appointed by God and answerable to God alone
for actions
Orthodox Church
Ans: the Eastern Orthodox Church,with Moscow as its spiritual capital;it had its
own beliefs and rituals ,following a split in the Christian Church in the eleventh
century
Bureaucracy
Ans: the state's administrative officials
Okhrana
Ans: the secret police force of the Russian Empire
zemstva
Ans: elected councils responsible for the local administration of provincial
districts
socialist
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Ans: supporting a political and economic theory of social organisation which
believes that the means of production,distribution,and exchange ,should be
controlled by the whole community .
consitutional monarchy
Ans: a form of democratic government in which a monarch acts as Head of
state within the boundaries of a constitution giving real power to a representative
assembly
The Liberals
Ans: Loose name for those groups who favoured moderate reform and
constitutional monarchy.included among these were the Constitutional
Democrats (Kadets),the Octobrists and the Progressives.
The Social Revolutionaries (SRs)
Ans: 1905-moderate influences in the party became more prominent ,despite
extreme elements within.-gained support from Trade Unions and members of the
middle class.Wanted to introduce land reform.
The Social Democrats (SDs)
Ans: All-russian social democrat Labour Party.based on the theories of Karl
Marx .Led mainly by educated intellectuals ,the Party based its support on the
rapidly expanding industrial working class,proletariat.Then split-formed into
'Bolsheviks' and 'Mensheviks'
Marxist Stage Theory
Ans: Marx believed that history was composed of a series of class
struggles,driven by economic consitions.
reformist
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